I've been having this sort of pain for a couple of years now. I haven't really figured out what it is, either.
Sometimes I'll be walking down the street and inhaling normally will cause a sharp stabbing pain that will stop me in my tracks. Then it goes away. It's alarming and a little weird, but oddly, one gets used to it. I've also noticed that the more I work out and do physical activity that involves sweating and deep breathing, the less it happens.
I read about a disease called "mitral valve prolapse" and it's list of symptoms is pretty familiar. it's apparently fairly common and not always serious. This page explains it pretty well.
oh yeah, also i get the feeling that i have to burp, but can't exactly burp. sometimes i'll be lying in bed and i feel a mild pain/discomfort under the sternum. sometimes i feel as if i should cough, etc. apparently, these are all symptoms of MVP.
If the pain is located in the bones and not in other areas--if it feels better to press on your bones--you might have what I have. I get stressed out sometimes, which causes the bones surrounding my heart to hurt. Nothing serious--just stress. Hopefully it'll be the same thing!
Turns out it's something called costochondritis -- basically an inflammation of the joints where my ribs meet my sternum. I've got some prescription anti-inflammatory and I guess I shouldn't do any more pushups until this thing is gone!
yeah, dude! that's totally what i have. i always forget the name. i also have to take anti-inflammatory drugs for it!
JESUS JON. YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR ALL THE TIME. Where I come from we wait at least 2-3 days to see if symptoms will go away before seeing a doctor. Because the human body has an AMAZING ability to heal itself of afflictions of all sorts.
But where I come from we also do not have medical insurance, so yes.
TWO TIMES IN FOUR MONTHS =/= ALL THE TIME
ALSO THE FIRST TIME I ALMOST DIED OR SOMETHING
Basically I just wanted to be sure my ribcage wasn't collapsing or something equally absurd and horrific. Like rogue nanomachines. My insurance covers rogue nanomachines, too.
freakin' intracostal muscles, all not behavin'.
robitussin.
ARG! Burning heart bones! Do you ever get that pain that feels like your lung has 'caught' on your ribs?
::shudders::
I'd think you have a rib torsion...
What you need is a good PT (and they're hard to find) or a good Osteopath...or most rare, a good chiropractic...
i get that exact pain. i once thought i'd broken off my xyphoid process and it was poking me in the lung.
I had a pain like this and it ended up being Pleurisy (http://tinyurl.com/42d8g). However, I was worried I was feeling the warning signs of a heart attack. Luckily, anti-inflammatories was all I needed.
Go to a doctor. Maybe its some sort of acid reflux thing they could fix. Cool blog by the way.
Jon, you need to cultivate some less medical-sounding diseases and focus on the more Victorian-sounding ones: dropsy, bilious fever, whooping cough, consumption, fits, the horrors, scrofula, plague, rubella, softening of the brain, thrush, etc. We look to you for entertainment, Jon. TIME TO DELIVER.
when i was in middle and early high school i used to get the strangest thing (which no one could explain). after eating i would feel like my body was full of air and it pushing up against my collar bone. it was very painful, but no one could explain it. it wasnt heart burn, it was air trapped in my body. it would go away after a little while, presumably the air would dissolve into my body...we never did really figure it out, and when i ask my meidcally inclined friends about it now, they think im nuts.
in recent years, ive had some pain in my ribs, especially after being sick. i cant put my finger on what it is that hurts, but man is it annoying.
in any event, im happy youre feeling better, or at least know what the fuck is going on.
Kung Fu Hustle: YES.
Random pain: NO.
I've had this sternum pain too and a couple of times (that I shudder to recall), I actually managed to "crack" it like knuckles. Hurt like hell, too. Anti-inflamatories sound a lot better.
I do that random breathing and pain thing, too. For some eason it always happens downtown when I'm on my way to class. And I take a breath and then I RANDOMLY DIE. (For about thirty seconds.)Isn't fun at all. Maybe I ought to look into an anti-inflamitory.
" I actually managed to 'crack' it"
Hm. Now that you mention it, this sounds like something that happened to me (the cracking, not as much the pain. I feel this deep-chest pop and I'm all: "That part ain't got no knuckles. What the Jebus?" Then I turn back to my monitor.
I went to the ER years ago w/the same symptoms thinking I was having a heart attack - but I was only 19 at the time. It turned out to be an inflammation where the ribs meet the sternum. anti-inflammatory did the trick. The night I went to the ER was wildly stormy and this weather affected this particular part of my body - like when old people can predict the weather according to their aches and pains. (nothing against old people, I'm old now too)
to miss_elise-- "air trapped in body cavity" : check for intolerance to wheat gluten... Celiac disease is what it might be.
Commenting by HaloScan
